ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,992, issued on July 14, was assigned to Festool GmbH (Wendlingen, Germany).

"Bevel saws and methods of adjusting a fence of a bevel saw" was invented by Josua Frank (Urbach, Germany), Christian Schock (Schorndorf, Germany), Andreas Sdrzallek (Zahradky, Czech Republic), Felix Brennenstuhl (Tuebingen, Germany) and Benjamin Brehm (Tuttlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bevel saws and methods of adjusting a fence of a bevel saw are disclosed herein. The bevel saws include a workpiece support that defines a workpiece support surface. The bevel saws also include a user-actuated assembly and an assembly attachment structure that...